oboe

n. double-reed woodwind instrument having a high and penetrating tone

For different meanings of oboe see Oboe (disambiguation). The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. The English word "oboe" was adopted ca. 1770 from the Italian oboè, as close as possible a representation in that language's orthography of the 17th-century pronunciation of the French word hautbois, a compound word made of haut ("high, loud") and bois ("wood, woodwind"). (In England prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois", "hoboy", or "French hoboy".) A musician who plays the oboe is called an oboist. Careful manipulation of embouchure and air pressure allows the player to express a large timbral and dynamic range. The oboe is often considered one of the most difficult instruments to learn to play.
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Noun
1. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
(synonym) hautboy, hautbois
(hypernym) double-reed instrument, double reed
(hyponym) heckelphone, basset oboe

n. oboe, double-reed woodwind instrument having a high and penetrating tone

n. oboe, hautboy